Saturday, October 08, 2005

Tea Leaf Weir

Bobby Weir joined Tea Leaf Green for a few songs last night at the San Francisco Design Center for a Rainforest Action Network Benefit.

We arrived after dinner as the band had already started and the place was hopping. People were in great spirits and the vibe of the room was overwhealmingly positive.

It's always great to see folks dressed to the gills let their hair down and rock out for a while. Bobby came on around the third song and played on skyrocketing "Freedom > Lovelight > Freedom" and then soulful "For What It's Worth" before departing for the rest of the evening.

The biggest chills came as he looked over at keyboardist Trevor Garrod going wild during a solo and appeared to be in a state of awe admiration. There was purhaps an "aha" moment as he could see how the younger generation, obviously inspired by his work, were taking things to the next level.

The rest of the evening provided the type of blistering fist pumping epic triumphancy we've come to enjoy from the TLG boys and left all participants will a lovely smile on their face.